til NATURAL HISTORY. 



Order V GALLIN^E 



Family III. . Phasianidse. (Gr. Qaaiavoc, a Pheasant, i. c. a bird from 



the river Phasis in Colchis. Pheasant-kind.) 

 Sub-family a. Pavoninoc. 



PAVO (Lat. a Peacock}. 



Cristatus (Lat, crested), the Peacock. 



train, the female being a comparatively ordinary bird. A 

 white variety of the Peacock is not uncommon. In this ca?e. 

 the eyes of the train feathers are slightly marked with a kind 

 of neutral tint. 



